PORTS AS KEY PLAYERS IN THE OFFSHORE WIND SUPPLY CHAIN

All offshore wind turbines and other equipment get The operation and transported to offshore Ports will be the Ports will play a key role maintenance of wind farms via ports assembly point for in converting offshore offshore wind farms floating offshore wind power into are run out of ports turbines renewable hydrogen

THE EXPANSION OF OFFSHORE Annual installations per sea basin 900 WIND IN EUROPE TO 2030 800 700 600 2020 500 5,400 turbines 400 300 25 GW Number of turbines 200 100 2030 0 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026-2030 12,000 turbines 111 GW North Sea Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea Irish Sea

Source: WindEurope

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PORTS THE ADVANTAGES OF LOCATING Annual Operation Floating turbine Renewable installations & Maintenance assembly Decommissioning hydrogen ELECTROLYSERS IN PORTS: • Proximity to offshore wind farms and landing points; • Presence of local and regional industrial clusters; • Multiple opportunities for 11 GW 111 GW 7 GW 700 MW 10+ distribution and export; and 850 turbines 12,000 turbines 600 turbines 300 turbines projects • Helps decarbonise other sectors.

INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT PROACTIVE INVESTMENTS IN PORTS, €6.5bn THE OFFSHORE WIND SECTOR WILL NOT BE ABLE investment 5 years Cost reduction TO MEET NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TARGETS. To upgrade or build To pay back the These investments will make Money should go to port land expansion, at least 45 port investments offshore wind cheaper and facilities before 2030 bring massive savings for reinforcing heavy-loading quaysides and deep-sea electricity consumers harbours, and carrying out other civil works.

More informa�on: A 2030 Vision for European Offshore Wind Ports: Future trends and opportunities. Report available as of 28 May 2021. A platform for offshore wind The WindEurope Ports Platform brings

together ports with active operations and Port of interests in offshore wind to share best Port of practices and engage with industry and policy-makers. Lindø Port of Port of

Port of Cromarty Firth

Port of Rønne A/S

Port of Port of Galway Gdynia Eemshaven Shannon Foynes Port Port of Amsterdam Moneypoint Port Port of Den Helder

Port Oostende / Rebo

Port of Dieppe Port of Ports Pla�orm Members Caen-Ouistreham Port of Cherbourg Offshore wind farms & status: Port Atlantique In operation La Rochelle Bilbao Port Port-La- In development / planning Nouvelle Port of The map represents the status as of April 2021. The size A Coruña of the wind farms is relative to capacity. Access the latest Offshore Wind Farms database at WindEurope's Ports of Intelligence Platform: windeurope.org/wip Tenerife

Interested in joining PORTS PLATFORM MEMBERS: the conversation? Contact: Joana.Griffi[email protected] or visit windeurope.org/ports

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